GRE vocabulary

Abstruse

Difficult to understand; obscure.

Example

"The philosopher's writings were so abstruse that only a handful of scholars claimed to truly grasp their meaning."

Etymology

From Latin 'abstrusus' (concealed, hidden), from 'abstrudere' (to conceal, push away).

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